Yow Ling
8th April 2012, 09:15
Well looks like they did it again, perfect day for racing, good crowd. About 100 bikes entered some real old stuff with a few flash bikes (mostly buckets). I got there on Friday night so I wouldnt need to get up too early , set up camp with Buddha and DC leaving some room for Diesel Pig when he turned up on Sat.
A cold night gave us perfect conditions , so when i got up track construction was under way, and in a few hours they had built the best Methven Bucket track ever.
The big change was the last corner onto the start finish straight, previously it was a 90° corner this year it was more like a sweeper so it was way easier to carry more speed with confidence.
Practice was fun the first 2 laps under Police escort, he was fun to mess with good bloke Rastuscat from KB
Because I was in charge of handing out the grid positions and the front row was kinda empty I upgraded myself to business class and moved into grid 2 which was brendans spot, in race 1 it didnt really help as everyone jumped the start , payback I guess. Buddha made a killer move into turn 1 and did well for it, helped me with my strategy for race 2, it was a good hard out race
al Hoogie DC, Timg, Buddha, Ashley, me 6th
Race 2 came round got a great start and was 3rd into turn1 Buddha was pretty determined to take my spot , we fought pretty hard swapping positions 4 or 5 times over a couple of laps, it was great , I held him off then had a clear run to the last lap where Ashley shoed me a wheel 2 corners from the finish, no way was I giving up this spot , Best race Ive had for ages !!
Race 3 started like R2 but Tim was in 3rd and me 4thI had this Idea about braking late into T1 but what a complete cockup that was in the blink of an eye I was back in 7th where I stayed for the rest of the race, still good just not what was in my plan.
There was a race 4 , but i think I was alread past my best by date and finished about 6th or 7th.
The racing was hard , everything ran smoothly , bugger all crashes . Pretty awesome day put on by the Cams club its their showcase meeting and is one of the best SI meets on the Bucket calendar
A cold night gave us perfect conditions , so when i got up track construction was under way, and in a few hours they had built the best Methven Bucket track ever.
The big change was the last corner onto the start finish straight, previously it was a 90° corner this year it was more like a sweeper so it was way easier to carry more speed with confidence.
Practice was fun the first 2 laps under Police escort, he was fun to mess with good bloke Rastuscat from KB
Because I was in charge of handing out the grid positions and the front row was kinda empty I upgraded myself to business class and moved into grid 2 which was brendans spot, in race 1 it didnt really help as everyone jumped the start , payback I guess. Buddha made a killer move into turn 1 and did well for it, helped me with my strategy for race 2, it was a good hard out race
al Hoogie DC, Timg, Buddha, Ashley, me 6th
Race 2 came round got a great start and was 3rd into turn1 Buddha was pretty determined to take my spot , we fought pretty hard swapping positions 4 or 5 times over a couple of laps, it was great , I held him off then had a clear run to the last lap where Ashley shoed me a wheel 2 corners from the finish, no way was I giving up this spot , Best race Ive had for ages !!
Race 3 started like R2 but Tim was in 3rd and me 4thI had this Idea about braking late into T1 but what a complete cockup that was in the blink of an eye I was back in 7th where I stayed for the rest of the race, still good just not what was in my plan.
There was a race 4 , but i think I was alread past my best by date and finished about 6th or 7th.
The racing was hard , everything ran smoothly , bugger all crashes . Pretty awesome day put on by the Cams club its their showcase meeting and is one of the best SI meets on the Bucket calendar